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Application & Sensing Requirements

Turning the target applications into a sensing specification: what is measured, over which range, with what noise, bandwidth, accuracy and stability, in which environment, through which interface, at what size, power and cost, and with the mission profile the sensor must survive.

Where this stage sits

This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.

Stage

^A01 Application & Sensing RequirementsYou are here

^A02 Transducer & Process Co-design

^A03 MEMS Process Development

Business and customers milestones

CASensor concept approval DCSensor development commit

Sensor engineering milestones

RBSensing requirements baselined CSTR1Transducer concept selected PBTR2MEMS process baseline freeze TRTransducer design release

Product and business management^O

0.0^O

0.3

Sensor systems and applications^A

0.0^A

0.3

MEMS transducer design^O

0.0

0.3^O

0.5

Multiphysics modelling and simulation^A

0.0

0.3^A

0.5

MEMS process development and integration^A

0.0

0.3

0.5^A

Interface ASIC design^A

0.0

0.3

0.5

Sensor co-simulation and verification^A

0.0

0.3

0.5

Sensor firmware, algorithms and drivers^O

0.0

Packaging and environmental interface^A

0.0

0.3

Calibration and trim^A

0.0

0.3

0.5

Test and characterisation^D

0.0

0.3

Reliability and qualification^A

0.0

0.3

Interface conformance and product compliance^D

0.0

0.3

Quality and customer quality^A

0.0

Manufacturing, supply and ramp^A

0.0

0.3

Key0.0Planned0.3Concept drafted0.5Modelled0.8Correlated1.0CompleteFreezeFrozenFaded block: still at the step shown before it, Held below Complete or Maintained under change control once complete or frozenFreeze or sign-off pointMilestone for one item; the rest of the work carries onMilestone gateTRTechnical readiness review (TR): a gate that checks the technology is ready before the next commitment.You are here: Application & Sensing RequirementsAI impactDisruption (red)Augmentation (blue)Opportunity (green)How AI is changing the workWhat the steps mean What the codes mean

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Stages

Application & Sensing Requirements (this stage)^A
Transducer & Process Co-design^A
MEMS Process Development^A

Business and customers milestones

Sensor engineering milestones

Sensing requirements baselined (RB)
Transducer concept selected (CS) (technical readiness review TR1)
MEMS process baseline freeze (PB) (technical readiness review TR2)
Transducer design release (TR)

Disciplines

Product and business management^O
- Application & Sensing Requirements: maturity 0.0, Planned. Sensor opportunity accepted, with the target applications and the business case for the definition work.^O; Requirements under change control (milestone for one item)
- Transducer & Process Co-design: maturity 0.3, Concept drafted. Business case, development plan and target cost approved at the development commit.
- MEMS Process Development: maturity 0.3, Concept drafted. Business case, development plan and target cost approved at the development commit.
Sensor systems and applications

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